Is Texas becoming the Loonstar State?

"AUSTIN, Texas – A group of Texas Democrats says Republican Gov. Rick Perry was reckless when he suggested at an anti-tax rally that fed-up Americans may one day want to secede from the United States. They said Thursday that he should disavow such talk. Democratic state...

Family sues PetSmart after parrot fever kills father

A Corpus Christi family is suing PetSmart after Joe De La Garza Sr. died after catching parrot fever from a bird purchased at one of their stores.  The man contracted the bacterial infection after his...

400+ kids taken from polygamist compound

Over 400 children, mostly girls, have been taken into state custody from the polygamist sect in Texas, in what authorities describe as "the largest child-welfare operation in Texas history"."The dayslong raid on...

GOP Frets Over Democratic Fundraising

" GOP Frets Over Democratic Fundraising By JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans, watching Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama fight for supremacy in fundraising is not just a spectator sport....

Gonzales Resigns as Attorney General

UPDATE: AP's got a great collection of initial reactions:""Alberto Gonzales was never the right man for this job. He lacked independence, he lacked judgment, and he lacked the spine to say no to Karl Rove. This...

North American Union Quebec Summit

"WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Paul, a maverick Republican from Texas, today denounced plans for the proposed "NAFTA superhighway" in his state as part of a larger plot for merger of the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union. "By now many Texans have heard about the...

Texas Flooding Continues, 5 Confirmed Dead -AP

UPDATE: The search continues for Edgar Garcia:"Searchers were using helicopters and cadaver dogs to look for a Central Texas man who remained missing today after his vehicle was swept away by...

Deadly Storms Hammer Texas

Lashing rain and howling, 100mph winds have besieged a huge area in Texas, shutting down travel into and out of Dallas."Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about...

Apartment Resident Dies In Midtown Fire

" April 19, 2007 Kansas - A house fire on a picturesque block in Wichita's Historic Midtown neighborhood Wednesday morning killed a 45-year-old man and left six other people homeless. The victim's name was being withheld pending an autopsy, authorities said, but neighbors...

Apartment Resident Dies In Midtown Fire

" April 19, 2007 Kansas - A house fire on a picturesque block in Wichita's Historic Midtown neighborhood Wednesday morning killed a 45-year-old man and left six other people homeless. The victim's name was being withheld pending an autopsy, authorities said, but neighbors...

More Storms A' Comin'

Hope you're enjoying the (relatively) peaceful weather today, because this weekend's going to be a doozy. We're talking rainstorms across the country, from LA to NYC, tornadoes, a massive Nor'Easter off the East...

Tourist site planned at Waco

The site of the 1993 Waco tragedy is being reclaimed by another branch of the Davidian sect. The group wishes to convert the property into an educational centre of sorts (see below). Most interestingly, they want...

Will Plainfield be another Waco?

by Mark Yannone - In defending themselves against a federal government they claim is operating outside the government's jurisdiction, Ed and Elaine Brown have filed 42 motions in Concord, New Hampshire's, US District Court and had every one denied. The couple then spent three...

50 Dumbest Things Bush Ever Said

50. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." —at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002 49. "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible...

North American Union leader says merger just crisis away

Jerome R. Corsi Prisonplanet.com Friday, December 15, 2006 - Robert Pastor, a leading intellectual force in the move to create an EU-style North American Community, told WND he believes a new 9/11 crisis could be the catalyst to...
 

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